Pencil holding and sharpening device.



J. S. FURST.

PENCIL HOLDING AND SHARPENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17,1912.

1 59,725. Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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PNTTEE STATEfi PATENT OFFTGE.

JOHN S. FURST, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 LIPPINCOTT PENCIL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PENCIL HOLDING AND SI-IARPENING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

Application filed April 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,415.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. FURST, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Pencil Holding and Sharpening Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is, more specifically, a peculiar clip having, in its preferred form, resilient wings whereby it is frictionally engaged to the body of a pencil, a resilient finger normally held against the body of the pencil so that it can be sprung outward to engage the pocket in which such pencil is placed, and cutting means whereby the pencil can be pointed by detaching the clip and holding it by the finger.

The nature and characteristic features of my improvements will more fully appear by reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings in illustration I thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of apencil having a clip embodying my invention applied thereto in illustration of the use of the device as a pencil holder; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. A is a view showing the device applied to the pointed end of a pencil in illustration of its use as a sharpening tool; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view upon an enlarged scale of the detached dev1ce.

The device, as illustrated in the drawings, consists essentially of integral wings A comprising the substantially plane angularly disposed sections a and the approximately cylindrical sections a in combination with the finger A having the sections a warped outwardly from the planes of the sections a and the rounded point a the wings containing the transverse slot or incision b which extends through the substantially V-shaped part thereof to terminal apertures 79 and the finger having the longitudinal slot 12 between its part-s a to aid in warping the parts a and to provide resiliency in the finger.

The pencil C, having the point 0, can be passed between the wings A of the clip, which can be slipped to the desired position thereon and held in such position by the pressure of the resilient and slightly expanded wings which act through the parts a upon the body of the pencil, the point a of the finger A being held thereby against the body of the pencil. As the finger A can be drawn out from its normal position, by reason of the resiliency of the parts, it can be engaged to and will press against the material of the pocket in which the pencil is inserted and thus hold the pencil. When it is desired to sharpen the pencil, the clip can be withdrawn therefrom and the point 0 inserted between the parts a in registration with the slot 6 which has comparatively sharp inturned or burred edges adapted for reducing the pencil point, the apertures 6 serving both as sight openings and passages for the parings.

It will be understood that the clip is preferably formed with its parts integrally connected, being made very simply from sheet metal stamped and pressed to form.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A clip comprising resilient wings having means for engaging and pointing a pencil, in combination with a finger adapted for holding said clip and pencil.

2. A clip having resilient wings comprising members forming a substantially V- shaped part containing a slot for engaging the point of a pencil, said members being eX- panded outwardly for holding the pencil.

3. A clip having wings comprising members containing a slot for sharpening the point of a pencil and members for holding the pencil, in combination with a finger having warped members connected with said members first named,

a. A clip having resilient wings comprising members each containing a slot with a terminal aperture, for sharpening the point of a pencil, and outwardly expanded members for holding the pencil, in combination with afinger connected with said wings.

5. A clip having integrally formed wings comprising angnlarly disposed plane sections In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my and outwardly curved cyhndrlcal sectlons, name this 10 day of Aprll, 1912, 1n the pressald plane sect-ions havlng a slot thereln pl'oence of the subscribing Witnesses.

vided with a cutting edge, in combination JOHN S. FURST. with a finger having Warped sections inte- Htnesses:

grally formed With said Wings, said Warped CHAS. N. BUTLER,

sections having a slot between them. Jos. G. DENNY, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

